Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 299 · 40 questions

Communication tip (Find the block, fix the block): Physical barrier: a loud drill outside, a crackly phone line, honking traffic, a weak network, talking across a field. Fix: move closer or to a quieter place, call back later. Language barrier: hard technical words, an unknown language, too much slang, short forms like “IDK”. Fix: simple words, ask what a word means. Emotional barrier: being very angry, feeling too shy to talk, being upset after a fight, fear of being laughed at. Fix: calm down first, talk privately. Distractions (a phone mid-talk) also block messages — put them away.

1. 1.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
2. 2.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) ask what it means (c) nod and pretend (d) walk away
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) not trusting the speaker (c) an unknown language (d) fear of being laughed at
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) fear of being laughed at (c) big words for a toddler (d) hard technical words
5. 5.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) send long texts (c) calm down first (d) walk off forever
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) upset after a fight (d) short forms like “IDK”
7. 7.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) a loud drill outside (c) being very angry (d) fear of being laughed at
9. 9.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
10. 10.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) hard words (c) her feelings (d) a weak network
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) talking across a field (d) feeling very nervous
14. 14.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a weak network (c) feeling very nervous (d) talking across a field
16. 16.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) move to a quiet place (c) shout louder (d) give up talking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) a closed door between (d) too much slang
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) talking across a field (c) being very angry (d) fear of being laughed at
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
23. 23.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) local words they lack (d) a crackly phone line
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) saying nothing ever (c) shouting in class (d) a quiet word after class
28. 28.True or false: “a weak network” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use hard words (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast
31. 31.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) being very angry (d) honking traffic
34. 34.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) talking across a field (c) hard technical words (d) a loud drill outside
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) upset after a fight (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a closed door between
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a weak network (c) feeling very nervous (d) feeling too shy to talk
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) an unknown language (c) talking across a field (d) too much slang
39. 39.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) local words they lack (c) an unknown language (d) a loud drill outside

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